Do I need a heatsink and fan for retail x2 4400?

[vxmqzz]

zipzoonfly says it is with heatsink and fan? will they be enough?


thanks

 

[daftpunkit]

stock will be fine. If you OC you might want to get aftermarket heatsink.

 

[stevty2889]

It comes with a heatsink. The stock AMD heatsink is actualy pretty good. I have my 4200+ @2.53ghz(so far) and my load temp is only 51c with 2 instances of Prime95 running. A lot of people are saying they only get about a 2c improvement even with an XP-120.

 

[CDC Mail Guy]

Stock is good, never had any problems with stock (but I have only bought AMD products)

 

[Ike0069]

No.

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

I run a stock AMD HSF with my 3200+ Venice, and I'm easily aceiving a 500mhz overclock @ 37C idle, 51C load (1.49Vcore).

 

[Munkies123]

if your going to spend that much on a processor then you might as well spend a little more on a realy hs/f

 

[StrangerGuy]

From what I have heard the stock HSF is pretty good, but do your CPU a favor by removing the HSF thermal pad and replace it with Arctic Silver 5 instead.

 

[niranjan162]

removing the thermal pad would void the warranty

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: niranjan162
removing the thermal pad would void the warranty

wtf? where do you see this? anybody who knows anything about building computers always removes the thermal pad and puts on as5.

to the op - the manf would not bundle a hsf that would not be adequate. the stock will be fine unless you o/c, and this is with either amd or intel. putting a hsf in a retail package that does not do the job would be just plain stupid.